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Lyubov Ivanovna Yegorova (Russian: Любо́вь Ива́новна Его́рова; born May 5, 1966, Seversk), name also spelled Ljubov Egorova, is a Russian former cross-country Olympic ski champion, many times world champion (first time in 1991), winner of the World Cup (1993) and Hero of Russia. Lyubov Yegorova is an honorable citizen of Seversk (1992), Saint Petersburg (1994), and Tomsk Oblast (2005). Member of Communist party. Yegorova won several medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with three golds (4x5 km: 1991, 1993; 30 km: 1991), one silver (5 km: 1993), and two bronzes (5 km + 10 km combined pursuit, 30 km: 1993). She also won the women's 15 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1994. Additionally, Yegorova won a total of eight medals at the Winter Olympics, earning five golds and three silver. She won the Holmenkollen medal in 1994 (shared with Vladimir Smirnov and Espen Bredesen).
[edit] Doping controversy
Yegorova's career ended at the 1997 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim when she was disqualified for doping on bromantan, an anabolic steroid. She was disqualified on February 26, 1997, three days after winning gold in the women's 5 km event, and stripped of that medal. Yegorova's gold would go to fellow Russian Yelena Välbe.
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Olympic champions in women's cross country skiing 3/4 x 5 km relay |
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1956 Finland - Sirkka Polkunen, Mirja Hietamies, & Siiri Rantanen * 1960 Sweden - Irma Johansson, Britt Strandberg, & Sonja Ruthström-Edström * 1964 Soviet Union - Alevtina Kolchina, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, & Klavdiya Boyarskikh * 1968 Norway - Inger Aufles, Babben Enger-Damon, & Berit Mørdre Lammedal * 1972 Soviet Union - Lyubov Mukhachyova, Alevtina Olyunina, & Galina Kulakova |
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1976 Soviet Union - Nina Baldycheva, Zinaida Amosova, Raisa Smetanina, & Galina Kulakova * 1980 East Germany - Marlies Rostock, Carola Anding, Veronika Hesse, & Barbara Petzold * 1984 Norway - Inger Helene Nybråten, Anne Jahren, Britt Pettersen, & Berit Aunli * 1988 Soviet Union - Svetlana Nageykina, Nina Gavrilyuk, Tamara Tikhonova, & Anfisa Reztsova * 1992 Unified Team - Yelena Välbe, Raisa Smetanina, Larisa Lazutina, & Lyubov Yegorova * 1994 Russia - Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk, & Lyubov Yegorova * 1998 Russia - Nina Gavrilyuk, Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, & Larisa Lazutina * 2002 Germany - Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel, & Evi Sachenbacher * 2006 Russia - Natalia Baranova-Masolkina, Larisa Kurkina, Yuliya Chepalova, & Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova |
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1974 Soviet Union - Nina Baldycheva, Nina Selyunina, Raisa Smetanina & Galina Kulakova * 1978 Finland - Taina Impiö, Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen, Hilkka Riihivuori & Helena Takalo * 1982 Norway - Anette Bøe, Inger Helene Nybråten, Berit Aunli & Britt Pettersen * 1985 Soviet Union - Tamara Tikhonova, Raisa Smetanina, Liliya Vasilchenko & Anfisa Romanova * 1987 Soviet Union - Antonina Ordina, Nina Gavrilyuk, Larisa Ptistyna, & Anfisa Reztsova * 1989 Finland - Pirkko Määttä, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Jaana Savolainen & Marjo Matikainen * 1991 Soviet Union - Lyubov Yegorova, Raisa Smetanina, Tamara Tikhonova & Yelena Välbe * 1993 Russia - Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk & Lyubov Yegorova * 1995 Russia - Olga Danilova, Yelena Välbe, Larisa Lazutina & Nina Gavrilyuk * 1997 Russia - Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Nina Gavrilyuk & Yelena Välbe * 1999 Russia - Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Anfisa Reztsova & Nina Gavrilyuk * 2001 Russia - Olga Danilova, Larisa Lazutina, Yuliya Chepalova & Nina Gavrilyuk * 2003 Germany - Manuela Henkel, Viola Bauer, Claudia Künzel & Evi Sachenbacher * 2005 Norway - Vibeke Skofterud, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, Kristin Størmer Steira & Marit Bjørgen * 2007 Finland - Virpi Kuitunen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Riitta-Liisa Roponen & Pirjo Manninen |
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